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. 2020 Jul 3;20:180. doi: 10.1186/s12874-020-01069-w

Table 2.

Bland-Altman statistics and non-parametric comparisons by Wilcoxon signed rank test

Comparison Sample size Degree of freedom Individual agreement Average agreement Wilcoxon signed rank test
Mean of difference (d) with (95% CI) SD of difference Upper LoA
d + 1.96SD
Lower LoA
d-1.96SD
SE
NDI-10 vs. NDI-8 201 200 −2.3* (−3.0 - -1.6) 5.0 7.4 −12.0 0.4 P < 0.001*
NDI-10 vs. NDI-5 201 200 −4.6* (−5.3 - -3.8) 5.3 5.8 −14.9 0.5 P < 0.001*
NDI-8 vs. NDI-5 201 200 −2.3* (−2.7 - -1.9) 2.8 3.3 −7.8 0.2 P < 0.001*

* significant as p < 0.001

NDI-10: The total score of NDI 10-item (original) version on ordinal scale with maximum of 50 points

NDI-8: The total score of NDI 8-item version on linear scale with maximum of 50 points

NDI-5: The total score of NDI 5-item version on linear scale with maximum of 50 points

SD standard deviation

SE standard error base on the mean of difference